Whenever a Director or PSC is appointed their Date of Birth (DoB) must be supplied.

Note: It is one of the main ways Companies House are able to identify/distinguish between different Directors and PSCs.


If a mistake has been made then the DoB cannot be changed in the way you might update their address details.  Instead, you will need to complete a second filing with Companies House.


Director records:

If the error was made whilst forming the company you will require a corrected directors section of an IN01 form along with an RP01 form to update the Companies House record with the correct date of birth.

If the appointment was made on incorporation before 1 October 2009 there is no administrative power available to the registrar to change the information. In this situation a court order could be sought to declare the information as a nullity.

If the incorrect date of birth was recorded when appointing an officer to an existing company, you will be required to file a corrected appointment. This can be done using the RP01 form, this can either be submitted online through the Companies House Web filing portal, or by post with an AP01 form. The RP04 form indicates that you are second filing a document with inaccuracies.

If the director appointment was made before 1 October 2009 it will have been made using a 288a form. To change this information, you will need to file 288c form with the correct details. This should be dated the day on which it was originally filed with the word ‘Amended’ clearly written on the document and sent to Companies House.

If it was a change of information for the director which contained the incorrect date of birth before 1 October 2009, the same process would apply with a 288c form.

The date of birth was also recorded on the annual return until 2016. This was superseded by the confirmation statement, which does not include the director details. If an incorrect date of birth was recorded on the annual return, a corrected version should be filed. If it was submitted since 1 October 2009 it will be on an AR01 form, a corrected version should be sent to Companies House with an RP01 form by post. If it was prior to October 2009 the submission will have been on a 363a form: the corrected details should be sent on this with ‘Amended’ clearly written on the top of the document

PSC records:

In the event an incorrect date of birth is recorded for a PSC on incorporation you will require a corrected PSCs section of an IN01 form along with an RP01 form to update the Companies House record.

If the error was made when adding a PSC to an existing company you will first need to identify how they were notified. Persons of significant control were introduced on 6 April 2016: the individuals will have been notified on either the first confirmation statement since that date or using a PSC01 form. Whether the appointment was made via CS01 or PSC01, the correction should be made on a PSC01 form. This should be dated as per the original addition of the PSC, which is visible on the Companies House website, and sent with an RP01 form by post.

If an error was made when adding a PSC to an existing LLP, a correction should be made on a LL PSC01 form. Again, this needs to be dated at the same date as the original addition of the PSC, and submitted with an LL RP01 form by post.

LLP member records:

If an incorrect date of birth was entered for an LLP member on incorporation it possible to correct using an LL RP02a form to remove the incorrect date of birth from the incorporation documents and a form LL RP01 form to show the correct date of birth.

Where an incorrect date was entered when adding an LLP member the information should be corrected using an LL RP01 form and a new LL AP01 form with the correct information. These must be sent by post.

PROOF Companies

If the company is part of the Protected Online Filing Scheme (PROOF) then a PR03 form will also be required to allow the filing on paper to be processed. For LLPs it will be a form LL PR03 that is required.  The PR03 & LL PR03 forms are not available online: to access these you will need to contact Companies House.

Shareholders or companies limited by guarantee members

The date of birth is not recorded for shareholders of companies limited by shares or the members of a company limited by guarantee.

Alternative options

Although correct practice is to follow the guidelines above and file amended documents to Companies House, there are circumstances in which updating the information quickly may be felt to be vital.

It is therefore common to see the removal and re-appointment or directors, PSCs and LLP members where their date of birth was previously incorrectly recorded. This does leave a record on the company’s filing history of a removal and subsequent reappointment, which is technically incorrect and therefore not recommended. However, it appears that many choose this approach because it can be completed in a day or two rather than the period of weeks it may take for paper filings to be accepted.